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bigger developer component. I am also renaming the "rats" to reflect their new exalted status as outperformers; the new list will be called "The '357 Magnum" in reference to its potential to change lives

My thesis is that the seniors and intermediates found in the HUI have received the initial new-bull-market ourpouring of love from investors and that outpouring began

on Jan. 19 with the TSX.V not actually going positive on the year until Feb. 20, at which point the HUI was already galloping ahead 35%. So while the TSX.V is now up

43.5% off the lows, it really only kicked into gear in early March. The PDAC "Curse," which has been a reliable indicator since the 1990s has failed to have put as much as a scratch to the

flanks of this bovine beast, making the TSX.V a cheaper entry level if one is late to the party—and there are a lot of people that are not only late but they haven't even called a cab yet.

Correction or not, 2016 is moving rapidly toward the history books in terms of gold price ascent and performance relative to the S&P, and while I have no doubt that a correction is coming, that chart

of the TSX.V is telling me that there is still a lot of room left. If the Commercials' heat fails to spook the hedgies and is brushed off by the miners, then we will have to move quickly to own the "cream" of the "penny dreadfuls" before they decide to own US.

Originally trained during the inflationary 1970s, Michael Ballanger is a graduate of Saint Louis University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in finance and a Bachelor of Art

before completing post-graduate work at the Wharton School of Finance. With more than 30 years of experience as a junior mining and exploration specialist, as well as

a solid background in corporate finance, Ballanger's adherence to the concept of "Hard Assets" allows him to focus the practice on selecting opportunities in the global resource secto

with emphasis on the precious metals exploration and development sector. Ballanger takes great pleasure in visiting mineral properties around the globe in the never-ending hunt for early-stage

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